Travel another way

Today, we went to the Virieu castle, medieval/renaissance castle started in the 11th century and owned by the Virieu family. A member of the family, Stephanie de Virieu, dedicated her life to her art which was amazing in the 19th century. She didn’t get married and instead, spent her time painting, sketching and doing sculptures. In her eighties, she became blind but kept on doing art.

This castle and Stephanie are therefore a great inspiration for our painters. They started to set everything up in the garden under a bright sun.

Bev is probably cracking up a joke, as always:

Susan is always the first one ready: she’s started when everyone else is still setting up.

Jackie is looking for a canvas.

The final work is terrific (painting by Victoria Brooks, the teacher):

After so much hard work, everyone was happy to sit down and savored the fabulous food prepared by Valerie . Tonight the dessert was: chocolate-covered pears.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s highlights.

Jac